Newt: Listen to Rubio

The former House speaker and GOP presidential candidate said Sunday Republicans have to reach out to a broader base to stay competitive in future elections.

“Republicans ought to listen very carefully to Marco Rubio. You can’t lose Asians, Latinos, African Americans and young people and think you’re going to be competitive,” Gingrich said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

“You have to come to grips with reality. You have to learn to communicate with young people on their terms," he said. "But you also have to understand we need to be a country of immigrants where Republicans are seen as welcoming of hardworking, confident people.”

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) also said on the same show that Republicans need to change the way they are viewed by voters by penetrating the market more through social media.

“One of the things we as a party have to do is get rid of the ‘Grand Old Party,’” Blackburn said. “We’re the great opportunity party. We’re the growth and opportunity party. We’re the government of the people party.”